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Witness testimony links RM800,000 donation to Jana Wibawa project in Muhyiddin trial

Published July 16, 2026 at 11:32 PM UTC

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A finance manager for a construction firm testified in the High Court on Thursday that her company donated RM800,000 to the political party Bersatu in 2022, linking the contribution to a government project awarded under the Jana Wibawa programme. Zuriedah Deres@Musa, the 19th prosecution witness in the corruption trial of former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, stated that she prepared four cheques of RM200,000 each on the instructions of her managing director, Datuk Azman Yusoff. The Jana Wibawa programme was a government initiative launched during the Covid-19 pandemic to assist Bumiputera contractors through project implementation. During the proceedings, the witness confirmed that her managing director explicitly mentioned the donation was related to a Jana Wibawa project that had been awarded to their company, KCJ Engineering Sdn Bhd. The firm had secured a RM62 million road construction contract in 2021. While Zuriedah noted she had no further details regarding the project or the political donation's specific purpose, she testified that she carried out the instruction as part of her professional duties. The court previously heard that KCJ Engineering was among 54 companies proposed by Muhyiddin in a 2020 letter for projects under the programme. The trial continues as the prosecution seeks to establish connections between government project awards and political funding. The defense has focused on questioning the witness about standard corporate practices and whether such donations were considered irregular within the company's operations.